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Inviting the critics to see a new show that is the closing segment of an autobiographical trilogy is one thing. Obliging them to sit through parts one and two, for the second time, in order to see the finale, takes chutzpah. But actor/auteur director Mani Soleymanlou has no shortage of that. In his trilogy, made up of segments Un, Deux and Trois, but collectively marketed simply as Trois, he not only defies the critics, he takes on the whole of contemporary Quebec society, shedding light on a host of absurdities unique to this time and place.

A glimpse behind the scenes: A dazzling tribute to the King of Pop is a complex hybrid of circus, dance and concert that took two years to develop, five months to rehearse and called on the skills of many, including former members of Jackson’s entourage